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Historical Event on 1/16/1988

L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1999Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people.
5/2/1907Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.
12/13/1999The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.
12/12/1976Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India.
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
10/15/1918Shirdi ke Saibaba' better known as 'Saibaba' passed away at Shirdi near Nashik, Maharashtra. He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people.
6/11/1991Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.